Denis MacShane, who stood down as MP for Rotherham after the committee recommended he be suspended from the Commons for 12 months.
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Prosecutors say they have enough material to decide whether to charge disgraced former MP Denis MacShane.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has checked the file handed over by Scotland Yard in May after the force reopened an investigation into alleged expenses abuses.

A CPS spokeswoman said: "We have determined that we are now in receipt of a full file of evidence following the reopening of the Metropolitan police service's investigation in this case, which we are currently considering for a potential charging decision."

Police began examining MacShane's expenses nearly three years ago after allegations about abuses surfaced, before dropping the case.

However, the investigation was reopened in the wake of a damning report from the Commons standards and privileges committee last November that found he had faked receipts to receive thousands of pounds of public money.

The report included letters from the former Labour minister to the standards commissioner detailing his actions, which had not previously been seen by police.

MacShane stood down as MP for Rotherham after the committee recommended he be suspended from the Commons for 12 months.

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